Gimmal Records vs Microsoft Purview Records Management

Gimmal Records manages records across enterprise repositories without requiring content to be moved elsewhere. A centralized dashboard provides visibility into information held across those repositories, while file plans, retention schedules, record classes, rules, and triggers help classify information and manage it through its lifecycle to disposition. Record controls include declaration actions, legal holds, record properties, and time-stamped audit entries; audit reports can be filtered and exported. A legal hold can pause a record's lifecycle and prevent disposition or modification while the hold remains active. Disposition can use ongoing inbox approvals or optional batch processing based on predefined rules. Documented connectors include Box, SharePoint Server, Documentum, FileNet, SharePoint Online, and Universal File Share, although some SharePoint connectors are marked deprecated. Deployment options include Gimmal-hosted cloud, customer servers, and customer cloud servers such as Azure. On-premises requirements include Windows Server 2016 or later, SQL Server 2016 or later, HTTPS, and TLS 1.2. Pricing is on request.

Microsoft Purview Records Management is a cloud records-management service accessed through the web. It provides rule-based classification, retention rules, disposition workflows, and audit trails for managing records. The listed Microsoft Purview Suite plan costs $12 a month per user when billed yearly, using an annual subscription that renews automatically. The suite includes advanced data lifecycle and records management, advanced data loss prevention, advanced information protection, advanced audit, and eDiscovery (Premium). The service uses a paid pricing model and has no free plan. Retention rules define how records are kept, disposition workflows support controlled handling at the end of retention, and audit trails record activity. Rule-based classification supplies the stated method for organizing records. Because the listed deployment model is cloud and the platform is web, access is through the service’s browser interface. The per-user price means subscription cost varies with the number of users.